Nigerian crime went global at the very moment new criminal markets were emerging all over the world.

Stephen Ellis, one of Britain’s most accomplished Africanists, provides a cautionary reminder of how much tougher the job is now, and how blurred the lines between officially sanctioned and illicit activity have become …

Here's some good news: you may not know it, but when it comes to your money, that bad date can teach you an awful lot about successful investing. And looking back over those rare few times, my moderate success on the dating circuit did teach me quite a few things about prudent investing. 1) Don't Judge a Book by Its Cover The guy was more than a half-hour late, his outdated shirt barely matched his Taco Bell-stained pants, the rain gave him a lethal dose of bed-head and back then the busboy was making more than he was.

Although I was a far cry from being the King of Dating, I did have a few albeit rare lucky streaks in me.